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Depth 9 2/5 to 10, body robust and cylindrical; 
head from mandible tip 2 3/4 to 2 7/8, from snout tip 
4 1/5 to 4 3/4, width 2| to 2 3/5. Snout 2 2/3 to 2 4/5 
ft 
in head; eye 3 3/5 to 3 4/5, 1 1/5 to 1 2/5 in snout, 
1 1/8 to I4 in interorbital, 1 1/5 to Ig in postocular; 
maxillary reaches 3/5 to 3/4 to eye, length 3 2/5 to 4 
in head from snout tip; mandible before snout tip 64 to 
7 in total length; interorbital 3^- to 3 2/3, nearly level 
or with slight median depression. Gill rakers Ilf- 23, 
lanceolate, 1 I/8 in gill filaments, which 2 ^ in eye. 
Scales 50 to 57 in axial lateral series to 
caudal base and 5 or 6 more on latter; 7 above; 44 or 45 
predorsal, of which 30 or 31 forward to occiput. Dorsal 
and anal largely covered with'fine, crowded, close set, 
small scales. Scales with-1 to. 3 basal radiating striae; 
circuli as parallel vertical striae, 32 to 61 basal, 93 
to 125 terminal. 
D. II, 13 or ri, 14, first branched ray 2 3/4 
i 
in head from snout tip; A. II, 12 or II, 13, first 
branched ray 3i to 3^; caudal 1 1/8 to 1 1/5, well 
forked, lower lobe much longer; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 4 1/3 to 4 2/5; pectoral 1 2/3 to 1 3/4; ventral 
2 4/5 to 3, inserted nearer caudal base than gill opening, 
reach 1 4/5 to vent. 
